PURPOSE: This rule incorporates legislative changes to public reporting of information by school districts on an annual basis.

1. (1) School districts shall prepare and publish, prior to December 1 of each school year, a school accountability report card for each attendance center in the district. These reports shall be made available to all district patrons and to every household with a student enrolled in the district. The reports shall be distributed to all media outlets serving the district, and shall be made available, upon request, to all district patrons and to each member of the general assembly representing a legislative district that contains a portion of the school district. Methods of distribution may include, but are not limited to:

   1. (A) Distribution at the time and place of student enrollment;
   2. (B) Inclusion with student grade reports;
   3. (C) Newspaper publication;
   4. (D) Posting by the school district by Internet or other electronic means generally accessible to the public;
   5. (E) Making copies available upon request at all school or administrative buildings in the school district; or
   6. (F) Any combination of these methods.

2. (2) Data to be reported shall include the following:

   1. (A) Enrollment. The number of resident and nonresident students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;
   2. (B) Rates of pupil attendance. The average daily attendance of the regular school term divided by the average of the September and January membership or total hours of student attendance divided by the sum of total hours of student attendance and total hours of absence;
   3. (C) High school dropout rate. The number of dropouts divided by the total of September enrollment plus transfers in, minus transfers out, minus dropouts, added to total September enrollment, then divided by two (2). Dropout rate shall be reported for any racial/ethnicity group with more than thirty

3. (30) students and which exceeds five percent (5%) of attendance center enrollment;

   1. (D) Staffing ratios. The student number is the September enrollment. The teachers and administrators are determined based on the Core Data position codes, as follows:

      1. 1. Students to all teachers—position

Code 60;

1. 2. Students to administrators—position

Codes 10 and 20; and

1. 3. Students to classroom teachers—posi-

tion Code 60, excluding special education, remedial readings, Title I, and vocational teachers;

1. (E) Average years of experience of professional staff. Based on the total years of public school experience;
2. (F) Advanced degrees earned. Percent of staff whose highest degree is above a bachelor’s degree;
3. (G) Average regular and total teacher salaries compared to the statewide average as reported on Core Data for Position Code 60;
4. (H) Average administrator salaries compared to the statewide average as reported on Core Data for Position Codes 10 and 20;
5. (I) Average per pupil expenditures for the district as a whole. Current expenditure per average daily attendance (ADA);
6. (J) Average per pupil expenditures for each attendance center in the district. See Appendix A, included herein, for calculation model;
7. (K) Voted tax rates. Tax rate ceiling for operations and tax rate ceiling for debt service;
8. (L) Adjusted tax rates. Actual tax rates levied by fund (after voluntary and Proposition C rollbacks) as filed by September 1 with the county clerk;
9. (M) Assessed valuation. Assessed valuation minus tax increment financed assessed valuation as of December 31 of previous calendar year;

10. (N) Percent of the district’s operating budget received from:

    1. 1. State. All state revenues received in

the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds;

1. 2. Federal. All federal revenues received

in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds; and

1. 3. Local. All local and county revenues

received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds;

1. (O) Number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch. Full-time equivalency count of resident pupils eligible for free or reduced lunch as reported on Core Data;

2. (P) School calendar information:

   1. 1. Days for student attendance;
   2. 2. Days for parent-teacher conferences;

and

1. 3. Days for staff development or inser-

vice training for certificated staff;

1. (Q) Data on course offerings. List of courses offered with units of credit identified;

2. (R) Rates of participation in:

   1. 1. Parent-teacher conferences. The num-

ber of students enrolled with one (1) or more of their parents or guardians attending a conference divided by the number of students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;

1. 2. Special education programs. The

number of students served in special education programs divided by the number of stu- 5 CSR 50-340

dents enrolled the last Wednesday of September;

1. 3. Early childhood special education

programs. The number of students enrolled in the programs;

1. 4. Parents as teachers programs. The

number of families served;

1. 5. Vocational education programs. The

number of students enrolled in vocational education programs divided by the number of students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;

1. 6. Gifted or enrichment programs. The

number of students enrolled in gifted or enrichment programs divided by the number of students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;

1. 7. Advanced placement programs. The

number of students enrolled in Advance Placement programs divided by the number of students enrolled the last Wednesday of September; and

1. 8. College admissions testing. The num-

ber of high school graduates taking the American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) divided by the number of high school graduates;

1. (S) Number of students continuing education in post-secondary programs. The previous year’s graduates who are attending a two

1. (2) or four (4)-year college as reported on Core Data;

   1. (T) Information about job placement for students who complete the district’s vocational education programs as reported on Core Data;
   2. (U) The district’s most recent accreditation. Missouri School Improvement Program accreditation rating and measures for school improvement identified in the school improvement plan;
   3. (V) Disciplinary actions within the school district. The number of suspensions or expulsions of ten (10) or more days and durations and reasons for those suspensions and expulsions as reported on Core Data; and

   4. (W) The certification status of teachers (expressed as a percentage of total teachers) based upon the following categories:

      1. 1. Life, Professional (Professional Class

I (PC I), Professional Class II (PC II) and Continuing Professional Certificate (CPC)), or Provisional certificates;

1. 2. Temporary Authorization certificates

or Special Assignment certificates; and

1. 3. Substitute certificates or no certifica-

tion.

1. (3) Achievement data including ACT, SAT, and Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) shall be reported using: SECONDARY EDUCATION Division 50—Division of School Improvement

   1. (A) At least one (1) comparison of district average with state average or district average with districts having a similar characteristic or characteristics using the same variables for three (3) consecutive years; and/or
   2. (B) No less than three (3)-year history of district scores. The district achievement history becomes comparison variable.
2. (4) Reporting shall permit disclosure of data on a school-by-school basis, but shall not be personally identifiable by any student or employee. Disaggregated achievement data shall be reported for any racial/ethnicity group with more than thirty (30) students and which exceeds five percent (5%) of attendance center enrollment.
3. (5) The regulation shall apply to charter schools and to each attendance center in a public school district. Attendance center reports shall include students attending alternative programs within the district. SECONDARY EDUCATION Division 50—Division of School Improvement

AUTHORITY: sections 160.522, RSMo Supp. 2001 and 161.092, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Oct. 25, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. *Original authority: 160.522, RSMo 1993, amended 1997, 2000, 2001 and 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973.